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Emotional Branching VR Stories: Combining Empathy & Interactivity for Compassion Acts
Last year, Baobab Studios' Eric Darnell was skeptical about adding interactivity to virtual reality stories because he felt like there was a tradeoff between empathy and interactivity. But after watching people experience their first VR short Invasion!, he saw...
Verdict Analysis: Why the Jury Awarded ZeniMax $500 Million in Oculus Lawsuit
Following the news of a $500 million plaintiff award in the ZeniMax v. Oculus lawsuit, a detailed breakdown of the verdict reveals the jury's specific findings, and who is responsible to pay for the damages.
Guest Article by Matt Hooper...
ZeniMax v. Oculus Lawsuit Awards $500M to Plaintiff, Verdict Detailed in Court Documents
While it wasn't the $4 billion slam dunk ZeniMax was hoping for, a Dallas, TX jury today awarded $500 million to ZeniMax after finding that Oculus founder Palmer Luckey had breached nondisclosure agreements. However, Oculus was not found to...
‘Racket: Nx’ Early Access Review
Developer: One Hamsa, Waves Audio
Publisher: Keshet International Gaming
Available On: SteamVR (HTC Vive)
Reviewed on: HTC Vive
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Note: This game is in Early Access which means the developers have deemed it incomplete and likely to see changes over time. This review is an...
2016’s Record Breaking VR/AR Venture Funding Totals $1.8 Billion
With 2015 breaking previous records, industry observers entered 2016 wondering if VR/AR funding would be able to keep pace.
Guest Article by Clifton Dawson
Clifton is Founder & CEO of Greenlight Insights, a specialty market intelligence company focused exclusively on the...
First Look: Basemark’s ‘VRScore’ Benchmark Arrives With a Unique Solution for Accurate Testing
Basemark has officially launched its virtual reality performance benchmark, VRScore and the package comes complete with an ingenious, low-cost hardware assisted solution to help ensure results are accurate.
I've written previously about how tough a problem benchmarking virtual reality hardware...
$4 Billion ZeniMax v. Oculus Verdict Could Come as Early as Today, Here’s What You Need...
This week the eyes of the virtual reality industry are on a federal court in Dallas, Texas where ZeniMax (and child company id Software) and Facebook (and child company Oculus) have been engaged in legal battle over a dispute...
Researchers Demonstrate 100° Dynamic Focus AR Display With Membrane Mirrors
Achieving a wide field of view in an AR headset is a challenge in itself, but so too is fixing the so-called vergence-accommodation conflict which presently plagues most VR and AR headsets, making them less comfortable and less in...
Vive President Says Next-gen VR Headsets Likely to Come in 1 to 3 Year Cycles
Over the course of the last 50 years, capital markets have significantly codified a generational model approach consumer technology products. New "generations" of products are expected to come at a regular pace and provide increased features and reliability at the...
Experts Share 6 Legal Considerations to Know Before Jumping into the VR/AR Industry
Earlier this month, a panel of legal experts met at the SIXR Legal Workshop to discuss legal challenges in VR and AR development and how to navigate them. While VR and AR startups have many of the same legal...
Preview: VR Music Video ‘Chocolate’ by Director Tyler Hurd is a Slice of Pure Psychedelic Joy
VR music videos seem to be digging out a sweet spot of quick and fun VR experiences that use the depth of virtual reality to immerse viewers in music with powerful and impossible visuals. Chocolate, a new VR music video...
‘HOLOSCOPE’ Headset Claims to Solve AR Display Hurdle with True Holography
Holo-this, holo-that. Holograms are so bamboozling that the term often gets used colloquially to mean 'fancy-looking 3D image', but holograms are actually a very specific and interesting method for capturing light field scenes which have some real advantages over...
OSSIC CEO on Why the Future of Music is Immersive & Interactive
OSSIC debuted their latest OSSIC X headphone prototype at CES this year with one of the best immersive audio demos that I've heard yet. OSSIC CEO Jason Riggs told me that their headphones do a dynamic calibration of your...
Hands-on: Intel’s Project Alloy ‘Merged Reality’ Roomscale Multiplayer Demo
At CES 2017, Intel was showing off more of its Project Alloy VR headset, including a roomscale multiplayer demo featuring 'merged reality', where the game environment adapts to your physical surroundings.
Project Alloy
Project Alloy is Intel's VR headset reference design....
‘Siegecraft Commander’ Review
Trebuchet, or not to trebuchet? There really is no question when it comes to Siegecraft Commander, a tabletop strategy game that combines traditional real-time strategy (RTS) elements with a unique base-building mechanic that's designed to significantly change the way you...




















